One such effort, which I covered in late April, came from Harvard University when it announced its DEI office has been renamed the "Office of Community and Campus Life."

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Clever? Not so much.

Harvard President Alan Garber told NBC News at the time that the university had "no choice" other than to change certain policies (try to cover up such policies) in order to continue to receive federal funding. Yet, Garber also said:

We are defending what I believe is one of the most important linchpins of the American economy and way of life — our universities.

Translation: "We're going to continue to do exactly what we've been doing; we're simply going to try to do it sneakier — renaming our DEI initiative in an effort to snooker the Trump administration."

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Yep, faced with pressure to eliminate their DEI initiatives, colleges and universities across the nation have opted to rebrand such efforts as opposed to eliminating them altogether, a College Fix survey found.

While many universities did close their DEI offices, a large chunk opted to rename or revamp them, but retained many of the same employees and goals they had prior to renaming. In some cases, there were staff reassignments and other bureaucratic shuffling, including integration into other departments.

Slick, huh?

The survey looked at news reports, press releases, and institutional websites to determine that over the last two years, at least 87 schools effectively renamed their DEI offices.

In contrast, 78 schools appeared to actually close their DEI offices rather than launching similar efforts. Many of the closures were located in Republican strongholds.

Here's more, via College Fix:

The findings illustrate a strategy among many institutions to maintain DEI programs under less controversial terminology more palpable to the masses and that follows the law, as many of these moves were prompted by state legislation, federal guidance or executive orders.

In addition to Republican-controlled states passing laws in recent years to curb DEI in higher education, President Donald Trump in January issued an executive order deeming the divisive ideology a violation of civil rights and discrimination laws.

The rebrandings appear to be a possible compliance tactic to satisfy such directives without fully dismantling a DEI ideology on campus. Some of the new terms used to take the place of DEI include offices focused on “Belonging,” “Student Success,” “Community,” “Access,” “Engagement,” or “Inclusive Excellence.”

The full findings, including links to source material, can be accessed on The College Fix’s tracking spreadsheet.

Anyway, which is generally my wont, a coupla questions:

How does an institution — or a single left-wing elitist, for that matter — repackage, rebrand, or re-label the destructive notion of "equity over merit," the tool by which applicants are admitted into universities, job-seekers hired or promoted in the private sector — or in the U.S. Armed Forces — based on the melanin content of their skin, or sexual proclivities and so-called "self-identity"? 

How can one rework the above to make it less insane? IMHO, it can't be done; it must be abandoned.

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Author and essayist Heather Mac Donald pointed out in a recent speech:

Diversity apparatchiks in taxpayer-funded schools are busily rebranding themselves so as to remain in place. Case Western Reserve University replaced its old ‘Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Engagement’ with a new ‘Office for Campus Enrichment and Engagement."

That new Office for Campus Enrichment and Engagement is led by the same diversicrat who in his previous guise as Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Engagement promoted the book ‘You Sound Like A White Girl: The Case For Rejecting Assimilation."

Other universities have adopted similar strategies, including renaming or replacing their DEI offices with units dedicated to “Civil Rights compliance” or “Title IX,” signaling (feigning) a pivot toward legally required non-discrimination efforts rather than addressing so-called "micro-aggressions," "white privilege," bias reporting, or "toxic masculinity."

The shift has impacted colleges and universities of all sizes nationwide, primarily public institutions but also some private ones, with many either closing or rebranding their DEI offices.

Additionally, some institutions eliminated or restructured identity-specific programs, such as gender equity centers, multicultural centers, and LGBTQ+ resource centers.

More:

Typically the announcements were couched with phrases such as “streamlining,” “integration,” or “refocusing,” which indicate administrators sought to manage public perception and internal morale amid structural change. The tactic was likely in part due to anger, frustration and protests among faculty and students who strongly support DEI.

But whether they closed the DEI office or rebranded it, all types of colleges and universities large and small across the nation were affected, primarily public institutions but some private ones too.

Beyond central DEI offices, some institutions closed or restructured programs focused on specific identities, such as gender equity centers, multicultural centers, and LGBTQ+ resource centers.

The Bottom Line

As most of us are aware, the Democrat Party is all above code-words and buzz phrases, intentionally naming subjects, initiatives, and its narrative with words or phrases that don't hack a lick of semblance to the things they re-name.

Not to digress, but perhaps the best example is on-demand abortion, including of a viable baby, being obscenely rebranded as "women's health care."

Stay vigilant, gang — and call the left out what it is, at every opportunity.